Welcome!

We are fortunate to live in a community that has a national reputation of producing class, world renown special activities, e.g. Canada Games, Special Olympics, World and Olympic Curling, Royal Manitoba Winter Fair to name a few. But equally we are known as a community that takes charge that gets the job done! We are surrounded by an abundance of agricultural, recreational and cultural opportunities, and the majority of us enjoy a good quality of life.

But beneath the surface in our community, working families are struggling on minimum wages to make ends meet, care givers of loved ones with vision difficulties are having a hard time coping, and families need temporary assistance and housing in the wake of a personal emergency.

United Way Anthem

Have you ever wondered exactly what the United Way does? In a nutshell, United Way works to improve lives by mobilizing the caring power of our community. We do this by:

• regularly assessing community needs,
• mobilizing resources to support community based organizations addressing these needs,
• fostering collaboration between these organizations,
• strengthening their capacity to achieve greater community impact,
• and educating the public about critical community needs.

As a community impact organization, community needs guide our work. The purpose of this annual report is to review community needs, to explain how the United Way has sought to address these needs during the past few years, and to illustrate the impact we’ve had on people’s lives in the community of Brandon & District.